Stories by Elizabeth Palermo

Warmer sea-surface temperatures, El Niño drive likely drove serpent north

The Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE is a three-year global competition that challenges researchers to build better technologies for mapping Earth's seafloor

Feisty feeding behavior off the coast of Argentina includes pecking calves as they breach

British biophysicist Alan Lloyd Hodgkin won the shiny gold medal in 1963 for discovering how the nerve cells of squid generate an electrical pulse when stimulated

It’s kind of like walking straight into an electric fence, or getting shot with a stun gun, according to a biologist studying the phenomenon

The large piece of wing could offer up clues for authorities hoping to locate the rest of the airplane and determine what happened to the ill-fated aircraft

Small, discreet and often Bluetooth-enabled, the new generation of hearing aids can connect wirelessly with smartphones

This the first time that a living Nobel laureate has auctioned off his or her medal

The eyeless cavefish saves energy by freezing its circadian rhythm

Hold your breath: New Guinness World Record set with 1,090-foot plunge

The company's plan to buy 180 small, high-capacity satellites complements its other ventures to expand Internet access to remote and underserved areas

Community computers could replace pay phones on the streets of the Big Apple